{"nrhp_refnum":"85001342","name":"Hotel Ashtabula","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4726 Main Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ashtabula","county":"Ashtabula County","state":"OH","lat":41.863999584000055,"lon":-80.78244894399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-06-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A six-story hotel at 4726 Main Avenue in downtown Ashtabula, Ohio, designed in 1920 in Georgian Revival and Second Renaissance Revival styles. It is built of reinforced concrete with Bedford stone and red brick facing.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the hotel is a significant example of Second Renaissance Revival style with Georgian Revival elements, with a restrained, balanced design and classically inspired details. It also served as the center of many social aspects of Ashtabula community life from 1920, hosting banquets, parties and service clubs. It was built during the city's 1918-1928 economic boom to replace small boarding houses that could no longer meet the community's needs.","narrative":"Hotel Ashtabula is a six-story hotel at 4726 Main Avenue in downtown Ashtabula, designed in 1920 by the Stevens Company of Chicago and New York. Its reinforced concrete frame is faced with Bedford stone at the ground level and red brick above, topped by a parapet with turned balusters and swags. Inside, a two-story lobby with a marble stair leads to a mezzanine, ballroom and parlor rooms. The hotel was planned by the Chamber of Commerce and local citizens in 1919 because the city's small boarding houses could no longer meet its needs during a period of economic growth. For decades its ballroom seating 300, dining room and meeting rooms hosted parties, banquets and service clubs such as Kiwanis and Rotary. Guest room use ended about 1965. The building is valued as a restrained, balanced example of early twentieth century revival styles and as a long-standing social center of the community.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"W. L. Stevens and Company of Chicago and New York (also given as H. L. Stevens and Co.)","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival and Second Renaissance Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Hotel room occupancy ceased about 1965, but the building is listed as occupied and in commercial use, with a dining room, lounge-restaurant, ballroom and meeting rooms. Condition is marked good and unaltered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.547815-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/85001342.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001342/0ebf894c2b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001342/0ebf894c2b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Publichall","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ashtabula,_OH_-_Hotel_Ashtabula.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Publichall</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ashtabula,_OH_-_Hotel_Ashtabula.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100005467","name":"Ashtabula Main Avenue Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/ashtabula-main-avenue-historic-district-100005467/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986679","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137597586"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/ashtabula-county/hotel-ashtabula-85001342/"}